S45503 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A204 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and ASTM A204 steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A204 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 90 to 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 15 to 17 |